Chris Borneman, vice president of Software AG‘s government solutions business, has projected changes for data center technologies and operations in the next five years. In an FCW opinion piece published Thursday, Borneman predicts the future data center infrastructure will comprise of processing, memory and storage hardware tiers and that applications will have an elasticity feature […] More

The Department of Veterans Affairs has put out a request for information on virtual learning software that could be used to train Chief Business Office Purchased Care employees. According to the FedBizOpps sources sought notice posted on Oct. 23, the agency is looking to see if there are contractors for an online training tool that not […] More

Affiliates of private equity firms Clayton, Dubilier & Rice and KKR have agreed to acquire Cloudera for approximately $5.3 billion in an all-cash transaction. The acquisition is expected to conclude in the second half of 2021, subject to the approval of Cloudera shareholders, antitrust approval and other customary closing conditions, Cloudera said Tuesday. Jeff Hawn, […] More

Fred Altimont, former managing director of Infor's federal health care business, has been named senior director of strategic alliances at Hollywood, Md.-based information technology company Smartronix, FedHealthIT reported Tuesday.

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Jeff Knodel, former senior account manager for the departments of Energy, Interior and Veterans Affairs at Govplace, has been named director of sales at AttackIQ’s federal civilian group, G2Xchange ETC reported Monday.

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Denver, Colorado-based cybersecurity platforms provider Optiv Security has named Dave DeWalt, formerly CEO of FireEye, and David Petraeus, a retired U.S. Army general, to its board of directors. DeWalt, a 25-year technology industry veteran, will also serve as vice chairman of the board at Optiv, the company said Thursday. DeWalt previously served as president and […] More

Hortonworks has made a series of leadership changes as part of a push to drive growth strategy and operational performance at the Santa Clara, California-based open data technology firm. Chief Financial Officer Scott Davidson has assumed additional duties as chief operating officer of Hortonworks, the company said Tuesday. He succeeds the departing president and COO Rajnish Verma […] More

Data virtualization provider Delphix has appointed Chris Cook to succeed Jedidiah Yueh as president and CEO after the latter transitions to the role of executive chairman. Delphix said Tuesday Cook — who was also appointed as a member of the board of directors — brings with him 25 years of experience in the enterprise software industry, most recently as president […] More

Leonil Garciga, Chief Information Officer at the Army,  boasts a rich career in various fields, including acquisition, intelligence, information technology, and engineering. His service, which commenced in 2003, has seen him serve diligently across the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. Join the Army CIO, Leonil Garciga, as he shares his intelligence and expertise […] More

The U.S. Army has demonstrated an integrated mission planning and airspace control software suite developed by General Dynamics‘ mission system division at the multinational Project Convergence-Capstone 4 force exercise. During the demonstration, soldiers used the Integrated Mission Planning and Airspace Control Tools software to plan a rotary wing mission and load mission data into a […] More

Cost-reimbursement contracts are legal agreements that establish a contract’s financial framework. Under this contract type, the government agrees to pay the total project expenses plus additional compensation based on the agreed-upon terms. In essence, it guarantees that contractors are reimbursed for their expenses.   Learn more about cost-reimbursement contracts in this article.   What are […] More

The General Services Administration has released a draft solicitation for the first pool of the potential eight-year Ascend blanket purchase agreement to meet the U.S. federal government’s needs for cloud services and related information technology professional services. The Ascend BPA is divided into three pools and Pool 1 focuses on infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service cloud offerings, […] More